Array CD 5

[Daniel Robitaille]

> DDC has been around since 1996, and possibly earlier.  Windows 95 had
> support for using DDC for monitor settings and resolutions.
> 
> It seems like it would be very possible, even not difficult, to simply
> probe for DDC,  and use it, if it is there.  Otherwise, prompt the
> user in a friendly way, with a "we could not determine of what your
> monitor is capable" message.

 https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4614
"Fixed a few days ago -- if we don't get sync ranges out of the monitor via DDC,
then we try to calculate them by hand."